When Chaoying meets Little Siren

It's Tim calling.

Val was watching the movie that Ashina recommended to her at the time. She has little experience in the normal world, so any novelty can surprise her. Recently, she prefers documentaries, and big cats are very good. In view of They had brought home the raccoon cat that had been recuperating in the hospital for half a month, and it seemed reasonable for her to look at these things and learn how to raise a cat.

Wei Er hugged the tabby cat, which was depressed as soon as it came to her house, but could not escape due to its broken legs and feet. The tabby cat staggered and stood up on the sofa. It brought pain to it, so it made a long-drawn mime, and lay down on the sofa again.

"How's it going?" Tim's face appeared on the phone, and Val guessed that Tim might be communicating with her on the bat computer. She imagined Tim calling her in a serious manner in the bat chair, and she didn't know why It feels a bit inconsistent, and a bit funny.

She must have lost control of her expression, because Tim looked puzzled and a little embarrassed.

Since Tim usually doesn't contact her, the only event she thought of was the dinner half a month ago, so she restrained her emotions: "I'm fine, except that I failed a few times with macarons, Mir Dun always said that I put a little less sugar, but I still think it is a bit greasy."

She stuck out her tongue.Tim laughed.Dessert failure is the biggest trouble in her life.This can almost be regarded as a kind of luck.Dick always told him that every time he communicated with her, it was like he could fly out of Gotham and fall headfirst into marshmallows.Tim would have the same illusion if he wasn't in the Batcave.

A corner of a photo appeared on the screen, and he seemed to have just noticed it, and asked, "Is that your roommate?"

"Ah." Val exclaimed, then smiled: "Yes, Ashina! She's amazing!"

The picture moved irregularly for a while, and it was fixed on the hanging picture. The girl named Ashina was very close to Ver's face. , but happiness cannot be concealed, and she is obviously smiling very happily.

Relationships are only better now than they were then.thought Tim.

This is a bit difficult. The information Jason sent to him a few days ago showed that Starscream was related to the new type of drug. Although it was not certain whether it was an enemy or a friend, their original intention was to prevent the other party from being involved in this kind of crap.

I didn't expect that even if she was sent out of Gotham, something would entangle her.

They got a file, in which members of Starscream screened, Ashina Aida, formerly known as Claire Parr, whose parents were killed during the gunfight, she passed part of the files as a data recorder, although she She hid those things at the first time, but she obviously didn't face those people's innocence so that she underestimated the opponent's methods. The establishment of Starscream was after this incident.

Not to mention that one of the virtual machine IPs they cracked is located in Stanford.

State laws are different, and a lot of the time they can't wield power outside of Gotham.

He doesn't want to make bad associations.He has no conclusive evidence to prove that Claire Parr is one of the founders of Starscream.

But she must have something to do with Starscream.

Val was still talking to him across the phone about how much Ahina took care of her, what a wonderful girl Ahina was, and Tim listened half-heartedly, wondering how to bring this up to her quietly. Things, a message came in, and Tim murmured: "Starscream."

Will's voice stopped abruptly.

"Is Starscream some new subculture?" Will asked.

"Why do you say that?" Tim asked softly.

"Because Ashina has a tattoo on her body, the red spider, which is pretty cool."

"Starscream is an intelligence organization in Gotham, Val." He said, calling the icon to show her.

Exactly the same tattoo as Ashina.

Val was silent for a while.

"But Ashina is not a dangerous person. She takes good care of me and buys me food. She also chooses my dress; she cares about me and will save..." She paused, and the picture appeared I found a sleepy raccoon cat that was held hostage by two palms. The raccoon cat was not in a good mood, and after being forcibly picked up, it was obviously not that good-tempered. Its two-legged beast pawed, and Weier obviously didn't expect it to be so uncooperative, so she slapped it abruptly, and there was a mark on her forearm. Above: "... cats. Anyone who likes small animals is not a bad person."

"I know, Val," Tim said.

Val was silent for a while.

"She's not a bad guy," Val said.

Tim sighed: "Protect yourself, Val."

Of course, they wouldn’t just say, “Protect yourself” and that’s it. They have already arranged for an informant to go to Stanford. For a long time, as long as Val and Ashina are together, there will be strange frequencies in Val’s ears. Appear.

Val no longer had the desire to continue the chat, so she politely said goodbye.

Ashina entered the house three minutes after she put down her phone.

"Huh? Aren't you going to make dessert today?" Ashina was obviously surprised to see that she was still in the room, and asked with a teasing smile.

"Yeah." Weier said dully, looking at her eagerly.That look made her creepy, but she didn't speak, so she stared at her for a while, really impatient to wait for her to speak first, so Ashina couldn't stand it first: "What's wrong?"

The child faltered for a long time before choking out a sentence: "...Hungry."

Feelings are complaining that she didn't bring food back?Ashina didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and returned to the room while responding repeatedly: "Okay, okay, I will definitely next time, my God, you don't know how much you are like a baby bird that wants to be fed..."

The child smiled instantly.

After a while, Ashina poked her head out from inside: "By the way, I have two tickets for the aquarium here. Are you interested?"

She is not very interested in this kind of thing. When she was a child, her parents took her there once or twice, and it didn’t impress her too much. She only remembers all kinds of fish whose names she can’t remember, big fish, colorful fish, but I can't remember the others.

"Aquarium?" The child repeated her words again, looking a little puzzled.

She poked her head out again, and asked in a tone that almost doubted her life after seeing an incredible event: "You don't know about aquariums?"

The child wondered: "Should I know?"

"It's a place with many kinds of fish. God, you must go there once. Although it may not be very fun, it is something you must experience once in your life! How many children have never been to an aquarium! "

Val wanted to refute her aggrievedly. She had been to places with many fish, and she often went to swim with those big fish.But when she thought that she couldn't reveal the secret that she was actually a fish, she swallowed this sentence.

And secretly looking forward to this aquarium.She is quite curious why people still go to see all kinds of fish in places other than the sea.

"But this is a prison." Val murmured incredulously.

They specially picked a weekday. There were very few parents with children and the aquarium was sparsely staffed. They declined a guide.Ashina didn't need it, and Weier hadn't reacted yet.

She has been too quiet since entering the door, staring blankly at the colorful fish swimming in the entire glass.

She went forward and touched the entire glass with her hands, water patterns printed on her face through the glass, for a moment, the shimmering colors made her think that she was in the same place as those schools of fish .

"They're good-looking enough that maybe that's why they're stuck here," Ashina said.

She began to regret bringing Val here.

Val was uneasy.

Since she entered the gate of this aquarium, her ears were filled with screams and crying. Those sad or harsh frequencies made her head ache, and occasionally some peaceful and quiet frequencies calmed her mind a little.A gourami with a fluorescent green body and a slender blue and black stripe on its tail came to the glass and kissed her palm through the glass.

That little joy and reassurance almost brought her to tears.

A huge shadow floated above her, and she looked up to see the shark leaving numbly and tiredly with its tail fin. Its snout had incomplete and uneven marks, as if it had telepathy. Weier suddenly felt that the glass was so hard.

She pressed her nose with her hand, then let it go after a while, and gently hit the glass in front of her.Until half of her face was pressed against the glass, she seemed to be thinking about something.

There are schools of fish gathering in front of her.

Ashina thought she wanted to get a closer look at the fish, so she lazily said: "Be careful not to be frightened, some fish have a bad temper, and when they see you approaching them, they will come here to scare you."

Val ignored it. She stood up and slammed into the glass again.

This time it hurt a little, she held her nose and stepped back a little, her nose was sore, her eyes were red from physiological tears.

"What a fool." Ashina covered her nose.

"Hmm." She only responded vaguely.The crying was more piercing.She was not in the mood to speak, she dragged Ashina with her head sullen, and looked for the source of the sound.

They found the Killer Whale House.

"Orcas, also known as killer whales, have a docile temperament and have a very high affection for humans..." Ashina read the introduction of the Orca Whale Pavilion, and sighed: "This name really does not sound like it has a high affection for humans. Creepy."

The Killer Whale Pavilion is a huge open space, with some pedestrian paths above the pool. The killer whales are not kept in glass enclosures, they are only isolated from freedom by the pedestrian paths.

Although there are few tourists on weekdays, the staff is full of enthusiasm for the few remaining tourists, and calls his partner in a unique way. The huge creature sticks out its black head from the water and stops there tamely: " Want to see a killer whale show?"

Ashina was a little interested, and Val said: "I want to pet it, can I?"

"Of course!" The staff put one hand next to the killer whale's head: "She is very docile, her name is Orlista, she is a girl..."

The staff were talking endlessly about Orlister's life experience, where she came from, what skills she knows, her personality...

hello.she said in close, never-ending screams.

They have special frequencies to identify each other.

The orca ignored her at all and just kept screaming and crying.She may scream like this every day, but it also means that she still has the concept and strength to scream.

Val lightly touched the orca's sagging fin.

hello.she said patiently.

It took a long time for the killer whale to stop screaming, sobbing softly, and began to respond to her in doubt: Can I hear you?

Val said: Yes.i can hear you.

Its tail began to flutter violently, until the staff patted her side face in the turbulent and chaotic water waves, twice, she stopped instantly like a puppet and stood still.

Her frequency is a jumble of joy and disbelief: I can hear you!I can--

The surface of the water gradually calmed down, and Val closed her eyes to prevent those splashes from splashing into her eyes, but it made her face wet.Her hair fell limply on her face, the staff kept apologizing, and Weier's voice was hoarse: "It's okay, she's cute."

She can barely speak with a normal voice.

After the orca calmed down, he asked softly: But what's the use of hearing you.

Val stroked her cheek.

She said: I am very obedient, he let me jump out of the water, I will work hard, he made that sound, I will respond to him, he told me to turn many times, I will turn.

She said: I did it when I was sad, I did it when I was hungry, my friend was gone, and I did those moves for him.

She said: I am very obedient. If I am obedient, I will get food. If I am obedient, I will not be pierced with things that make me uncomfortable. But how obedient I am, will they let me go home?

She wasn't screaming anymore, a creature that could tap into his frequency didn't cheer her up, she just felt tired.The water was cloudy and she just missed the sea.

But if you obey, you will get nothing.Val said.They'll take what's left of your food, your friends, your home.

They won't let you go, the more obedient you are the less they will let you go, you won't get anything, you know that, don't you?Val said.

The killer whale gently shook its tail fin.

She said: So what should I do?

Val stroked his fins, smooth and cold, and said: Do what you have to do.

A week later, Ashina got a message on Twitter that the killer whale Orlister in the San Francisco Aquarium went berserk and hurt people, and was transferred by the local aquarium to another aquarium. It was robbed during transportation and is now missing. .

Ashina said it was a pity that Orlister was the most docile orca she had ever seen, and her disappearance was heartbreaking.Turning around and asking Val: "You like her quite a bit, don't you?"

Weier pursed her lips, looking worried: "I hope she's okay."

Oops.Accidentally brought up a wrong topic, Ashina secretly thought it was bad, changed the subject, and said in an exaggerated tone: "...it seems that you haven't been learning baking these days, and you haven't been fed for a few days, ah, People have lost a lot of weight."

Weier was obviously amused by her, accepted her kindness, and said with a smile: "Recently, there is a big project, and a lot of materials need to be purchased. The owner is very busy, so give me a few days off."

"That snack..." Ashina didn't give up.

"I'll go to the bakery tomorrow." Wei Er touched her head as if coaxing a child.

Such Ashina, how could she be a bad person.

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